Friar Lawrence Play In The Deaths Of Romeo And Juliet

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In the book the Tragedy of romeo and Juliet all of the characters had a role to play in the deaths of the six characters, but i have three that stand out to me the most. My first character is the father of Juliet, Lord Capulet, my second character is Paris, and my third character is Friar Laurence. These Characters stood out to me the most because of how each one meaning to do the right thing ended up being a little piece in a big puzzle towards the deaths of these six characters. In Act 1 scene 1, page 30 A fight had just broke out between some guards from both families and Lord Capulet arrived to the sight of Lord Montague and said to his wife ( (Shakepshere 303) Lord Capulet- what noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!Lady …show more content…

In Act 2 scene 5, page 148-150 Romeo had came to Friar Laurence and asked him to marry him and Juliet and he agreed to do so ( ()Friar Lawrence- So smile the heavens upon this holy act, that after-hours with sorrow chide us not!) In doing this Lord Capulet found out and a big fight occurred causing Romeo to be banished. This then causes the death of Lady Montague. In Act 5 scene 3, page 234 Juliet comes to Friar Laurence and asked him to help her get out of the marriage with Paris and Help her to get Romeo back so he decides to give her a potion to help. (Friar Lawrence- hold, daughter! i do spy a kind of hope, which craves as desperate and execution as that is desperate which we would prevent. If, rather than to marry county Paris, thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself,then is it likely thou wilt undertake a thing like death to chide away this shame, that cop'st with death himself to 'scape from it; and, if thou dar'st, ill give thee remedy.) After receiving the potion Juliet uses it tricking everybody into thinking shes dead even Romeo. Friar Laurence then is told Romeo dint get the letter and decided to go to the tomb. When he arrived Romeo and Paris were dead. After Juliet killed herself Friar Laurence explained that he went through with all this admitting that he did it to get the families to stop

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